The max range for a wireless router

[hazephase]

I have the normal wireless router and I would like to share the broadband with a friend of mine who lives 9 doors away , terraced houses we live not seperate houses .
I have seen in argos and other places selling a range of max verison .

[Cymru Am Byth]

Thats a long distance, more to the point its a lot of walls to go through, I really could not see you getting any form of signal at that range, you may have to go hard wired

[JenniP]

9 houses away will be very difficult to achieve, although wireless signals can travel long distances they normally need more power than standard wireless routers can handle.

Even the latest 802.11n wouldnt be able to do that kind of range without help. One way you may be able to do this is a highly directional antenna.

Personally i think it would be best for them to get their own broadband, then VPN the two if you want to share files etc.

Jen

[hazephase]

Ok then I think that he should get his own BB and we can share our file with VPN only thing is that can you explain more on VPN

[niki]

VPN is virtual private networks its a sort of network on internet but helps the computers in it to share the data as if they are on LAN.

[london]

The only solution for this problem lies in the LAN network which helps you to share your data and services with your friend.

[funtoosh]

Virtual private network - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
here you can get all the details of vpn.

[brodle]

hi Hazel


9 houses would be easily achieved however its a complicated process as you would need to put your router in your loft whilst this part is not very technical and would only require a longer cat 5 cable and some power in your loft your friend would need to install an antenna ideally on their roof but this will require some very technical expertise as you will need to use very low loss coax and you will need an antenna made for you which has enough gain to increase the loss you will get from using the coax as wireless cards don`t have a lot of output and time the signal travels up the coax there will be next to none signal remaining so then you would make an antenna with enough gain (db) to increase your power gain however this needs to be worked out by someone who knows what they are doing and can also calulate electronic formula because if the gain is to high then you will be emitting more then the legal amount which of course would be unlawful and if ofcom found out your neighbour would be in a spot of bother.

Don`t quote me as Im not sure but I think the legal power in the uk might be 1 watt but you would have to check this as I really don`t know.

This is not recommended as you would both be increasing the risk of having your network hacked and this is something I would not personally do as you have to remember that there are people out there that have no regard for the law that might have systems that can network from over 3 miles a way for the purpose of hi jacking others networks so increasing the height of your antenna or even individuals that use high power routers run a lot of extra risk to their networks.

Although very messy I still prefer to use cat 5 cables unless someone from my family brings a laptop around then I have to turn my wireless on.

Trouble with the internet is that its full of information on how to do almost anything including extending wireless range however people with non technical expertise will have a go and will end up causing interference to other legitimate users.

So I do agree with Jenni and your neighbour should get their own broadband and look into virtual private networking if you both want to share network files.

Brodle

[brodle]

If you have time for experimenting then it would not hurt if you put your router as high as possible in your loft then take a laptop around your friends and switch it on upstairs and see wether the laptop receives your network and if so see how fast the internet connection is. Remember height improves your radio signal and glass is much easily penetrated then a wall so having your laptop by a window that is in view of your house might also help.

Lots of new houses tend to have a lot of breeze block walls which are easier to penetrate unlike old house where some of them used to have 12 inch solid brick walls which are much harder to penetrate also 2.4 Ghzs radio signals are easily absorbed by damn which you would find a lot more in these older types of houses so modern houses are far easier to penetrate.

Brodle

[blasted]

Trust me on this one you will not be able to share this connection with your friend.Even excellent routers like Belkin can only travel about 1m.Im sorry but i doubt he will be able to share your connection even if it picks up your router it will only be a low signal.It may be too low for a connection ie. 2% connectivity.